Storytime is important for your child to develop important reading skills. In  a time of remote learning  for many, here are some popular picture books titles that are avaliable in audiobook format that you can access digitally. Listen to these stories with your family and continue the storytime tradition. 

Brown Bear and Friends by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle, read by Gwyneth Paltrow

 

 

 

 

 

Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat, read by Robert Petkoff

 

 

 

 

 

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, read by Alexander Gould

 

 

 

 

 

How to Read a Book written and read by Kwame Alexander

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mura, ready by LaQuita James

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie, read by Yuyi Morales

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday by Oge Mura, read by Tracey Leigh

 

 

 

 

 

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems, read by Mo and Trixie Willems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues  by James Dean and Kimberly Dean, read by Lewis Grosso

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems

 

 

 

 

 

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell, read by Adriana Sananes

 

 

 

 

 

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Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our Staff Picks browse tool for more recommendations!